How do boats find their way in the fog?

How do boats find their way in the fog?

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# Optional Activities: Navigating by Sights and Sounds

Like cars on a road, boats on a bay use color and sound to find their way around. These activities let students explore their own skills of watching and listening, and practice some of the sound words they hear every day.

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# Optional Activity: Red Light/Green Light
  • This classic game can be played indoors or outside. The object is for students to respond to your signal—"red light" means stop, and "green light" means go. If you have lots of space, students can walk or run toward you when you say "green light". If you’re indoors, you can have students march in place and stop when you say "red light". You can also play the game by holding up red and green construction paper as visual cues for "stop" and "go".

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# Optional Activity: Sound Words Challenge

Have students write these five words on index cards:

  • clap
  • whistle
  • tap
  • snap
  • stomp

When you’re ready to play, ask students to cover their eyes while you make one of these sounds. Then have students open their eyes, decide which sound they heard, and hold up the card they think has the correct word on it. If there’s disagreement, make the sound again with students watching, and ask them if they want to change their guess.

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light


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what comes from the Sun and lamps and makes it possible to see things
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watch


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to observe with your eyes and sense of sight
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vibrations that you can usually hear with your ears
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to observe with your ears and sense of sound
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In this Read-Along lesson, Gabrielle sets sail with her aunt—the captain of a tugboat—and discovers how the sights and sounds on the bay can help boats find their way. The lesson includes a short exercise where students get moving by pretending to be boats. You can extend the lesson with the optional activity, Navigating by Sights and Sounds, where students play games to practice listening for sound cues.

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